PhotoShop Tutorial: Composite Burning Winged Monk – Photo Compositing-1024programmer

Author: Ke Bingyu (translation) Source: Siyuan Design Forum

Step 1: Create a 2000*1370 pixel file with RGB color mode and 72DPI resolution.

Step 2: Open the “Monk” image and use the move tool to move it to the main image.

Step 3: Edit/Free Transform (Ctrl+T), hold down the Shift and Alt keys while dragging a corner of the image to shrink it toward the center.

Step 4: Click the Pen Tool, select the “Path” button on the options bar, and draw a path along the edge of the monk. Right-click on the path and select the “Create Selection” command. Click the Mask button on the Layers panel to create a layer mask

Step 5: Click the Polygon Tool (U), set the option bar to Shape Layer, set the number of sides to 5, open the options menu, and check Star , draw a five-pointed star.

Step 6: Edit/Free Transform (Ctrl+T), hold down Shift and Alt, transform the five-pointed star, and scale it to the appropriate size.

Step 7: Select the Ellipse Tool (U) to draw a circle larger than the five-pointed star, and set it to a different color. Press Ctrl+[ and place it below the five-pointed star layer.

Step 8: Press the Shift key, select the circle and five-pointed star layers at the same time, and go to Layer/Merge Layers (Ctrl+E).

Step 9: Edit/Free Transform (Ctrl+T), hold down the Ctrl key and drag the corners until a more beautiful perspective effect is formed, OK.

Step 10: Press Ctrl+[ to place it below the monk layer. Use free transformation to get a more appropriate effect

Step 11: Open the “Land” material and drag it into the image. Select the Lasso Tool (L), roughly select the crack, and right-click/pass the copied layer on the selection. The selected content is roughly as shown in the picture

Step 12: Click the “Add Vector Mask” button on the layer panel, and a white mask will appear on the right side of the copied layer. Version. Select the brush tool, select the round tip with a hardness of 0, set the foreground color to black, and draw on the image. Use a mask to hide the content around the crack

Step 13: Repeat the previous step until a complete five-pointed star is drawn

Step 14: Open the “wings” image and drag it into the image

Step 15: Place the wings layer below the character layer, and use the Free Transform command (Ctrl+T) to scale and rotate the wings

Step 16: Create a new layer (Ctrl+Shift+N) and move it to the bottom layer (Ctrl+Shift+[]. Use the paint bucket tool to fill it with black

Step 17: Press Shift to select the “Land” and “Cracks” layers.�, Ctrl+G put them into a layer group and name it “Cracks

Step 18: Create a new layer, click the brush tool, select the round brush, set the hardness to 0, change its opacity to 40%, and set The foreground color is bright orange and roughly painted once on the cracks

Reduce the pen tip, select bright red, and draw in the depression of the crack. Change the layer blending mode to “Linear Light

Step 19: Select the character layer and press Ctrl+J to copy it once

Step 20: Image/Adjustment/Decolorize (Ctrl+Shift+U) to decolorize the image. Image/Adjustment/Levels, adjust the contrast, the settings are as shown

Step 21: Create a new layer, select the brush tool, set the opacity to 90%, the foreground color to bright yellow, and the tip size to 1 pixel. With a hardness of 100%, paint on the edges of the monk image. When drawing, imagine that the light is coming from below and draw in the corresponding place

Step 22: Create a new layer and set the blending mode to Overlay. Enlarge the brush tip, set the hardness to 0%, and use bright orange to draw on the edge of the clothes

Step 23: Create a new layer and set the mode to Color Dodge. Click the Brush Tool (B), set the opacity to 20%, and use dark red to draw on the monk’s left foot

Step 24: Create a new layer, use orange, red and yellow to draw in different places according to your own feelings, and add some light effects

Step 25: Create a new layer, set the brush opacity to 70%, the hardness to 0%, and use bright orange to draw some in the corresponding places on the picture Big light spot

Step 26: Create a new layer and use the Paint Bucket Tool (G) to fill it with a lighter orange color. Also set the background color to bright yellow. Select Filter/Render/Fiber, set Difference to 16, Strength to 18

Step 27: Filter/Blur/Motion Blur, angle is 90, distance is 400 pixels

Step 28: Set the layer blending mode to Overlay. Create a new layer and place it below the current layer

Step 29: Select the brush tool, set the tip hardness to 0%, the opacity to 40%, and draw some vertical lines. Opacity, size and color can be adjusted as needed

Step 30: Select the texture layer, press Ctrl key on the layer panel and click the mask of the monk layer to get the character selection, press Ctrl+Shift+I to invert the selection. Click the Add Vector Mask button below the layers panel, then the texture lines will not appear on the monk

Step 31: Select the “Wings” layer, Image/Adjustments/Hue/Saturation, check the “Coloring” button, and set the hue to 36. Saturation is 14, brightness is -87

Step 32-1: Create a new layer and use a brush to blacken the monk’s face

Create a new layer, select the Brush Tool (B), and set the foreground color to bright yellow, with an opacity of 70% and a pen tip hardness of 0%, draw at the position shown below

Step 32-2: Change the brush opacity to 90%, reduce the tip size, and draw in the same place (excluding monks and clothes

Step 33: Continue drawing to get the following effect

Step 34: Create a new layer and set the blending mode to Overlay. Press the D key to restore the default foreground and background color, and use a brush to paint some dark parts on the wings

Step 35: Select the “Wings” layer and the light effect layer drawn above, press Ctrl+G to create a layer group and name it For “wings

Step 36: Drag the “Wings” layer group to the New button of the Layers Panel and copy it once. Press Ctrl+T (Free Transform), select Flip Horizontal, and place it to the right side of the monk

Step 37: This is the effect of placing the “wings”

Step 38: Press the V key to select the move tool, check “Automatically select layers”, and select the texture layer drawn previously. Create a new layer by pressing Ctrl+Shift+N. F5 to open the brush panel, click the scatter option, set the scatter to 1000%, and the amount jitter to 100%

Step 39: Use the brush tool to draw randomly on the picture, paying attention to changing the pen tip size in different places

Step 40: Select the background layer, create a new layer on top, set the foreground color to black and the background color to dark red. Filter/Rendering/Clouds, press Ctrl+T to scale the layer to the appropriate size

Step 41: Click the “Add Vector Mask” button on the layer panel, use the brush tool to draw in the corresponding place, and hide part of the layer content

Step 42: Change the layer blending mode to get the final effect

Author: Ke Bingyu (translation) Source: Siyuan Design Forum

Step 1: Create a 2000*1370 pixel file with RGB color mode and 72DPI resolution.

Step 2: Open the “Monk” image and use the move tool to move it to the main image.

Step 3: Edit/Free Transform (Ctrl+T), hold down the Shift and Alt keys while dragging a corner of the image to shrink it toward the center.

Step 4: Click the Pen Tool, select the “Path” button on the options bar, and draw a path along the edge of the monk. Right-click on the path and select the “Create Selection” command. Click on the mask on the layers panel� button to create a layer mask

Step 5: Click the Polygon Tool (U), set the option bar to Shape Layer, set the number of sides to 5, open the options menu, and check Star , draw a five-pointed star.

Step 6: Edit/Free Transform (Ctrl+T), hold down Shift and Alt, transform the five-pointed star, and scale it to the appropriate size.

Step 7: Select the Ellipse Tool (U) to draw a circle larger than the five-pointed star, and set it to a different color. Press Ctrl+[ and place it below the five-pointed star layer.

Step 8: Press the Shift key, select the circle and five-pointed star layers at the same time, and go to Layer/Merge Layers (Ctrl+E).

Step 9: Edit/Free Transform (Ctrl+T), hold down the Ctrl key and drag the corners until a more beautiful perspective effect is formed, OK.

Step 10: Press Ctrl+[ to place it below the monk layer. Use free transformation to get a more appropriate effect

Step 13: Repeat the previous step until a complete five-pointed star is drawn

Step 14: Open the “wings” image and drag it into the image

Step 15: Place the wings layer below the character layer, and use the Free Transform command (Ctrl+T) to scale and rotate the wings

Step 16: Create a new layer (Ctrl+Shift+N) and move it to the bottom layer (Ctrl+Shift+[]. Use the paint bucket tool to fill it with black

Step 17: Press Shift to select the “Land” and “Cracks” layers, Ctrl+G to put them into a layer group and name them for “crack

Reduce the pen tip, select bright red, and draw in the depression of the crack. Change the layer blending mode to “Linear Light

Step 19: Select the character layer and press Ctrl+J to copy it once

Step 20: Image/Adjustment/Decolorize (Ctrl+Shift+U) to decolorize the image. Image/Adjustment/Levels, adjust the contrast, the settings are as shown

Step 21: Create a new layer, select the brush tool, set the opacity to 90%, the foreground color to bright yellow, the tip size to 1 pixel, and the hardness to 100% , paint on the edges of the monk image. When drawing, imagine that the light is coming from below and draw in the corresponding place